When I went to law school, nobody heard of civil rights.

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.

The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.

Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.